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If there weren’t wars and man-made hate,
Could scientists eliminate
Diseases, famines, and create
Utopia? We could all live
In harmony, and we could give
Attention, then, preemptive,
To nature’s uncontrolled horrors.

By consequence, we’d intervene
When earthquakes shake and make a scene,
When tidal waves, floods unforeseen,
Or drought disrupt, or volcano
Erupt, or crops refuse to grow-
We’d share with people we don’t know,
Like foster family sponsors.

Alas, there’s war, hate, selfishness,
Rape, murder, robbery, it’s a mess!
Adding to pains and natural stress
Add greed’s victims held in the sway
Of life-crippling debt to pay
And then you still would try to say
“There’s no such thing as monsters?”

He was so close, 26 point something done
And then something caught his eye,
for just a second.
Distracted and puzzled
He looked back
And tried to keep running forward.
The planners had seen all the rocks
On the road
And knew the runners would too
But not him.
For Just a second,
Distracted, disoriented, battle weary
He looked back
His foot kicked the unseen rock.
His knee
Connected with rough pavement
Shredded.
Marathon runner, de-salinated.
Lot’s Wife, salinated
Both connected with the path
Instead of hurrying along it
Both missed the point
Look forward to goals
Not backward to missed
Opportunity
Or distraction.
Point something
Crawled
Crossed
Completed
But lost
free verse, Lot’s Wife, suggested by Larry Megazzi

Across from Carlisle Park, in Ohio,
The “Demon Tree,” though dead, grows every year
The residents hearts sense a fear and woe,
Across from Carlisle Park, in Ohio
Perhaps the tree just needs a friend’s hello.
Feel sadness, frustrations no one can hear,
Across from Carlisle Park, in Ohio,
The Demon Tree, though dead, grows every year.